St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-31
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and 90 Home.
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10 Minneapolis.
DISCUSSING HOME MISSIONS.
The Mission Society and the
Ladies' Organization Both at

The Mission Society and the
Ladies' Organization Both at
Work.
The fifty-fifth annual session of the
American Baptist Home Mission society
was yesterdays anniversary with the
BaptistS. Hon. George y. Pillsbury de-
livered the address of welcome and
President Samuel Colgate made Il suit
able response. The morning was occu-
pied with the reception and discussion
of the report of the executive board,
which dealt largely with financial and
statistical matters. The various COM
mitteeS reported i'll the afternoon and
the evening was occupied with adj
dresses by Rev. Richard Hartley, OF
New York, on the Mormon Question:"
Rev. j. Il. y. Henry, on ''DitficultieS,
Dangers and Demands of the North
west" and Dir. Lorimer, of Chicago, on
the Social Peril" The anniversaries
will close to-day, the programme being
as follows:
In the morning DR.. c. E. Hewitt, of
Peoria, H., will present the report of
the committee on the Indians, and DR..
Wayland will open the discussion. The
committee on church editice work will
report through Rev. w. =. Hellings, of
Milwaukee. j. ii. Sunderland, of Min
neapolis, and Rev. j. II. Hartenaw, of
jamestown, will open the discussion.
In the afternoon II. X. Porter, of Pitts
burg, will give the report of the COM
mittee on Mexico. Judge Francis Way
land, of New Haven, will open the dis
cuSSiOn. DR.. \. X. Parker, of Chicago,
will read the report of the crmmittee on
colored people. In the evening there
will be addresses relating to the condi
ton of the colored people.
THE LADIES AT WORK.
A fraternal meeting of the two
branches of the Woman's Baptist Home
Mission society was held yesterdayf
morning at the liennepin Avenue NJ. E.
church. Mrs. Thomas Nickervan, the
president of the New England society,
presided, and made an address touch
ing upon the work of the New England
society. Mrs. j. \. Clouse, president of
the society of the West, gave an address
upon the Responsibility of Christian
Women in Training Children" She
spoke of the four great forces of civil
iZation-the church, the state, the school
and the homeland argued that all these
depended upon the home. and the home
''While the world has made great prog
ress." said she, there have been
no better methods introduced for
the training of children. There has
been much agitation of late concerning
education. We have discussed whether
or not our daughters shall be admitted
TO the higher college instruction, and
whether our sons shall take the Scien-
tific course or not, and yet there has not
been Il word about the education of par
ents. What the world needs is mothers
who will develop the spiritual natures
of children. Train them by insight
rather than instinct. Train your chill
dren to give; develop the positive side
of their character, not the negative"
In eeSa Ms IF s Sr9e s sP0He Of 4o. the
ers, and thought that too-creful Sc
lection of them could not be made. Adj
dresses were also made by Mrs. A. S.
Hunt, of Augusta, Me-, and Mrs. NJ. A.
Ehlens, of Memphis, Tenn.